Lea T. Covers Elle Brazil In Givenchy (PHOTO)

Hooray for Lea T.!

Or if we're getting particular, hooray for Elle Brazil, for choosing Lea T. for its December cover. The Brazilian transsexual model looks stunning on one her first mainstream covers ever.

Lea T. lept onto every fashion editor's radar this year, with a swimsuit shoot, her first runway show and even a sit-down chat with Oprah (the pinnacle of any person's career).

But up till now, her magazine covers had been reserved to the lesser-read titles, such as Lurve and Love (where she and Kate Moss locked lips).

This month Lea T. looks chic and pretty conventional on the cover of Elle Brazil, photographed by Fabio Bartelt. It comes as no surprise that she's wearing Givenchy -- as one of Givenchy designer Riccardo Tisci's favorites, Lea T. has posed in Givenchy ads and worn Givenchy on her Lurve cover.

We're especially loving her wavy, ombre hair -- reminds us a bit of our style idol, Rachel Bilson, non?

See the cover below -- whadya think?

Comments

[Ms Liann]

10:39 PM on 12/03/2011

Anorexia is not pretty.

[formerLAresident]

11:09 PM on 12/02/2011

Another man taking over a woman's job and actually think that he can sell women clothes. yuck.

[cenourinha]

01:28 PM on 12/03/2011

puh-leez

[Riyter]

04:40 PM on 12/02/2011

I'm not sure how I feel about this. It's good for Lea's career, obviously. But now that women know that to book jobs it will really help to have no hips or bust like a man, literally, is a weird message to send to women, both models and female readers.

[kkoie]

03:58 PM on 12/02/2011

I think she looks beautiful

[ChoppyBob]

08:56 AM on 12/02/2011

Men should be on men's magazines.

Talk about images that create dysmorphia for young girls!!!

He cannot do a dress justice, not without some hip implants. Sorry.

[cenourinha]

01:27 PM on 12/03/2011

because super models are known for their curvy figures. sorry

[ChoppyBob]

02:35 PM on 12/03/2011

the scrawniest woman is curvier than a man. sorry

[GraceFoster]

11:52 PM on 12/01/2011

What's the big deal about a transexual being a model? So she is pretty with a lot of makeup and lighting and photoshopping. Apparently being beautiful is the most important thing about being a woman?

[slaby]

06:33 PM on 12/01/2011

Looks a bit like Ford Model, Kate King, but not nearly as pretty or feminine. This looks like a transgender person - but then maybe that's the point - who knows what all the fuss is about?

[Sunflo]

02:31 AM on 12/02/2011

Yup. Lea's not an "elle".

[hoochie-coochie]

03:01 PM on 12/01/2011

This woman's beautiful.

Why don't people get all excited about Ann Coulter being on the cover magazines, too?

[tuff guy]

12:35 PM on 12/02/2011

they both look like equines to me.

[libwingoflibwing]

12:00 PM on 12/01/2011

Brazil is much less Transphobic than Anglo-America. Nevertheless, this is a great step forward for Transgender people. Someday when a beautiful Transgender Woman who is a model is on the cover of a fashion magazine in Anglo-America it will not even be news. But we're not there yet. But maybe in the next few years Lea T. might get a U.S. cover and it will be news, good news.

[pachydermicneedler]

02:29 PM on 12/01/2011

In some cases, perhaps. It helps a great deal for one to have a supermodel's looks and money(not to mention hailing from an upper income level family). On the other hand, Brasil has a very high rate of murder and violence perpretrated against trans women (much higher than in the U.S., which is bad enough), and that's not unusual for a Latin American country.

[JustThinkingaBit]

03:21 PM on 12/01/2011

I agree but also worth to mention that we (probably) have a much bigger number of transgender people in Brazil than in the US?

[Silvio Frazao Costa]

12:20 PM on 12/03/2011

I cannot say about other cities in Brazil, but I was born in Rio and because of Carnaval it's is pretty much acceptable. The violence still exists but as not as bad as people anticipate. We have Roberta Close (Playboy cover), that opened the door for many that came after her. Lea is getting attention not because she is transsexual, but because she is the daughter of a big soccer star in Brazil and soccer is a very macho thing in my country. Brazil is a dicotomy you can be openly gay - but please do not talk about that!!! Do not show you are gay and happy! My people loves to see people unhappy, it's a catholic thing.

[mira chancleta]

08:50 AM on 12/01/2011

Hey she has as much right to represent Brazilian womanhood,
as Chaz Bono has to represent American manhood

[hoochie-coochie]

03:04 PM on 12/01/2011

More lunacy from the Bourgoiso Rican? One would hope that for as smart as you think you are, you'd have a basic understanding of the differences between sex and gender.

[mira chancleta]

03:09 PM on 12/01/2011

hoochee-caca,
My comment was NOT in anyway disrespectful.

But your response to it was a bit....uber-neurotic?
No?

Go back to filing your nails and watching telenovelas with English sub-titles..